Keith O.J. Hunt Poet Free verse

The Sanctuary of Love

I no longer need silence....

   but love,

   its warmth I feel ----

Yet I shiver like a child un-cared,

   until I am in the centre of its outstretched arms,

   where no cold may enter,

And no evil may deny me its splendid sanctuary


In mother's grasp I take joy

   and in God's arms resides assurance

   that my loneliness has passed

   to a desolate place ----

   and to this place I no longer go

   for the chill has warmed

(And now even the silence speaks of hope all the day long)


Keith Hunt (c) 1999 First appeared in  'Our Family'

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Funom Makama May 1, 2014 at 2:48 PM What a blessing! This is such an enjoyable, beautifully written and captivating read. Thank you so much for the share. You are indeed hugely talented